You were in a hurry. You just wanted a mocha latte and a muffin.
But Starbuck’s isn’t letting you off that easily, you bigot! Howard Schultz wants to educate you, and he wants your barista to preach the gospel of racial equality. THAT should be great for the tip jars.
Bet the folks at Dunkin Donuts are thrilled.
Getting into hot-button socio-political topics with people jonesing for a major caffeine fix - what could possibly go wrong?
I don’t drink coffee and I don’t think I’ve ever been in a Starbucks, but as much as I hate “Would you like to contribute to…?” from the clerks at the grocery store, I’d really hate having to listen to a lecture or a discourse on *anything *when I was trying to make my purchase and move on.
Train your employees to be good workers, good people, good examples - no problem with that. But if you think it’s appropriate to preach on any topic, I will take my business elsewhere. Even if I agree wholeheartedly with your message, I’ve got things to do, and I don’t need some minimum wage teenager or 20-something sharing the word of whatever. ugh.
Yet another reason to not go in to Starbucks. If I want to argue with twits, I’ll go on Yahoo.
Maybe they looked at Chik-Fil-A and decided to get in on that from the opposite side of the aisle.
I just make my Caramel Macchiato Half-Caff, Venti, Skim, Extra Shot, Extra-Hot, Extra-Whip at home, while lecturing my wife and kids about race relations.
Get in on what? There is no Chik-Fil-A near me (though there is one proposed). The times I have been in there the workers have been unfailingly polite and attentive. No one is lecturing the customers or getting into a conversation about any topic except your order. The only thing looked oddly at about their business model is that they are closed on Sunday.
I don’t drink coffee but I occasionally go in to Starbucks for a hot chocolate or a tea. It’s always been busy. Stand in line. Give your order. Move over and wait to pick it up. If any of the workers started slowing down the process for a political discussion I would be pissed and I’m sure many others would be too. It makes me wonder if Howard has been in one of his stores lately.
It’s just publicity. I doubt he thinks anyone will actually do it.
You know who else was extra-shot?
Lecturing me when I am in urgent need of my caffeine fix… Oh yeah, that’s a good idea. I’m likely to bite your head off, even if I agree with you!
If I thought this would do the least bit of good, I’d support it.
I can see how the conversation might start.
“I have a large, black, extra dark, with a shot in it.”
“Yes, it’s terrible what happened in Ferguson, wasn’t it?”
Regards,
Shodan
I never buy coffee from Starbuck’s so I’ve decided to boycott them in the future. I’ll recommend that all my friends and family, only those who never buy coffee from Starbuck’s to boycott them also. 
People who frequent Starbuck’s are free to make up their own minds. :rolleyes:
Do Starbuck’s patrons have the option of asking for coffee with a side order of STFU?
Lids up! Don’t pour!
This is a spectacularly bad idea. I can’t wait for the phone videos of it in practice.
I actually like Starbucks coffee, but I’ll caffeinate elsewhere if they wanna educate me.
Seconding this. I’ve worked in the service industry my entire adult life and I can’t imagine wanting to “start a conversation” about politics with my customers, even if it was something I believed passionately about.
OK, I giggled. But I’ve been on that basket to Lucifer’s dry sauna with the rest of you for years now anyway.
Yeah, I too believe it’s more a matter of publicizing a corporate position, rather than an announcement of actual teach-ins all over the land.
After much experimenting with my Mr. Coffee coffee maker, I’ve come to the conclusion that Starbucks is average at best. Duncan Donuts coffee, on the other hand, is awesome.